Lettuce 150 seed "Royal red"

LETTUCE: Lettuce is a hardy, fast-growing annual vegetable with either loose or compact leaves. Leaf color ranges from light green through reddish brown. When it bolts, or goes to seed, the flower stalks are 2 to 3 feet tall, with small, yellowish flowers on the stalk. With so many types of lettuce to choose from, home gardeners will never become bored with this garden favorite.

Royal Red Lettuce: Leaf type, mid size head, red, wide smooth leaf, 50 days.

Maroon-red, deeply cut and finely divided leaves, very attractive in tossed salad. Plants make large rosettes. Long-standing, slow to bolt, can be harvested over period of time. Harvest about 50 days after sowing. Thin initially to stand 3-4 in. apart when 1-2 in. high. Wait 2-3 weeks, thin out alternate plants for final spacing of 6-8 in.